He was sentenced Aug. 30 to one year in jail. RELATED: Truck driver sentenced for deadly crash on Highway 285 ICE said they asked the Jefferson County Sheriff's office to notify them if Cruz ...

An investigation is ongoing after a Jefferson County Jail inmate died. Authorities have not released the name of the inmate pending notification of his family, but the Jefferson County Coroner’s ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — A Jefferson County judge has refused to dismiss murder charges against a county jail inmate accused of causing another inmate's death by providing her with fentanyl-laced ...

The inmate who died in the custody of the Jefferson County Jail earlier this week has now been identified. Shaquille James Staples, 31, died Monday at UAB Hospital after he suffered a medical ...